by MBC News | Aug 9, 2016
Conrad Burns poses at Mile 0, his final stop on the 7,400-kilometre Rise Up National Walk. Photo courtesy Conrad Burns, Facebook. A Cree Prince Albert man has completed a 7,400-kilometre walking trek across Canada to rise up against domestic violence. In the four...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2016
Mounties say one suspect is still at large, considered armed, after a weekend standoff in Green Lake. Corey O’Neil Bouvier, 27, is from the community, and faces firearm and violence-related offences. He is 5’9″, First Nations, has a scar on his neck,...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2016
John Dorion, the Chief of the Kamanistikominahiko-Skak Cree Nation. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski A long-time Indigenous educator is pushing for Canada to come to terms with language that demoralizes Indigenous women. Decades ago, John Dorion, who is also the Chief of...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2016
Wapiti Valley, Saskatchewan. Photo courtesy of Enns Kivin, Facebook According to the latest update on the Husky Oil spill from the province, things are described as stable. 250,000 litres spilled into the North Saskatchewan River in July, and 140,000 thousand litres...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2016
Nursing students and educators from across the northern hemisphere have come to northern Saskatchewan for a unique learning opportunity in northern Health. The University of Saskatchewan is the host of the of 2016’s Innovative Learning for Circumpolar Health,...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2016
Emil Bell pictured in 2014 as he led a walk calling for an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. Photo courtesy Facebook, Idle No More. A 75-year-old First Nations man has not had a bite to eat since this past Friday in protest of what he feels is the...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2016
Two people were scheduled to appear in court this morning after an incident in Green Lake on the weekend. RCMP were called to a home in the community on Saturday morning. It was believed firearms were involved and the Emergency Response Team was brought to the scene....
by MBC News | Aug 5, 2016
Prince Albert Provincial Court. photo by Chelsea Laskowski Two weeks are booked in Prince Albert court next March for a dangerous offender hearing for Leslie Black. The Prince Albert man is guilty of attempted murder in the widely publicized violence against Marlene...
by MBC News | Aug 5, 2016
A view of the Wapawekka Lake in the area where Northern Echo Lodge is located. Photo courtesy Northern Echo Lodge’s website Two recent missing people reports related to mushroom picking have led the RCMP to remind people to prepare properly before heading out...
by MBC News | Aug 5, 2016
A water pipeline snakes its way from Little Red River towards Prince Albert’s water treatment plan. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski The water situation in central Saskatchewan could be described as steady and stable on Friday, as three communities and a First Nation...
